Chapter 188: Severing Karma! Return to the Gu Family!

Gu Cangsheng stood at the coordinate point where Li Hentian had originally descended; the space there still slightly twisted, retaining a trace of extremely faint ink-colored Sword Intent.

He did not rush to leave, but sat cross-legged, drawing a circle in the void with both hands.

Gray chaos mist flowed from his fingertips, forming a mirror within that ring.

In the mirror, what was reflected was not the present starry sky, but countless intertwining, semi-transparent lines.

These lines converged from all directions, ultimately disappearing into the depths of the healed rift.

"Cause-and-effect lines."

Gu Yuan had somehow come up beside him, looking at the scene in the mirror, his tone firm.

"That's right."

Gu Cangsheng nodded, his expression turning solemn,

"The Immortal King's methods are heavenly; even if their avatar is destroyed, they can still deduce our exact coordinates here by following these cause-and-effect lines, and even see what just happened.

If we don't clean this up, when we return to the Gu Family, that Sword King will surely come again; we might be fine, but who knows if this petty fellow will do something that harms the innocent, which goes against my Dao heart."

"Then, Grandfather, what do you plan to do?"

"I will sever all cause and effect of this spacetime, so that at this moment the Burial Emperor Star Domain will temporarily vanish from their perception."

Having said that, Gu Cangsheng fiercely slapped his chest, and a drop of shimmering purple-gray essence blood flew out, falling into the karma mirror.

The mirror surface instantly boiled; those transparent lines, upon contact with the essence blood, ignited like a fuse, rapidly turning black and rotting.

"With chaos as the guide, bury myriad ages of karma!"

Gu Cangsheng clasped his hands together and uttered an obscure, hard-to-understand incantation from his mouth.

The entire Gu Tian Star Domain violently shuddered at this moment, followed by an indescribable sense of unreality welling up.

In the distant Three Thousand Dao Provinces.

Li Hentian's true form, currently in a fit of rage, suddenly opened his eyes and spat out a mouthful of black-red rebel blood.

The natal divine sword trembling violently before him instantly lost all luster, and even a fine crack appeared on its blade.

"Cause and effect... severed?"

Li Hentian's face turned grim and terrifying.

He tried to recalculate the coordinates of that shattered star domain, but found the memory of that region in his mind growing fuzzy, as if a fog had been forcibly blocking his perception.

"Gu Cangsheng... you actually dare to burn the Immortal King Dao Fruit to sever karma!"

Li Hentian hated it so much his teeth itched.

In his view, such a self-damaging eight-hundred method is utterly unreasonable.

Yet an Extreme Peak Immortal King, even a half-step Giant Immortal King, exists to block him by burning the Immortal King Dao Fruit.

Even one as strong as myself would need to spend a hundred years reversing the calculation to possibly re-solve the coordinates!

"After a hundred years, this Immortal King will surely break through the Immortal Gate, exterminate your Dao lineage, and overturn your foundation!"

The same scene also occurred deep in the Fallen Immortal Soil.

The true form of the Faceless Immortal King let out a deep, muffled roar; he had originally intended to counterattack along the interworld passage, but discovered the other end had become absolute nothingness.

"Should we report this to the Lord?"

Thinking of the worlds under his charge that he was responsible for destroying, suddenly an Immortal King appeared.

Moreover, he was a half-step Giant Immortal King, causing the Faceless Immortal King to shudder involuntarily!

The price of the Lord knowing would be something he could not bear!

"This person must not be left alive; we must kill him as soon as possible!"

In an instant, several days passed.

Within the Gu Tian Star Domain, Gu Cangsheng slowly withdrew his cultivation.

His complexion was slightly pale, but his eyes shone astonishingly bright.

"Done."

He exhaled a mouthful of turbid qi,

"At least for the next hundred years, they cannot lock onto this place by any means; as for after a hundred years..."

Gu Cangsheng did not say it outright.

But he knew in his heart that after a hundred years, it would likely be the era of this grandson of his!

Gu Yuan looked at his grandfather's carefree demeanor and felt a surge of admiration.

Such a hand-turning-clouds, hand-covering-rains method is indeed something he currently cannot reach.

"Alright, trivial matters are settled."

Gu Cangsheng rose to his feet, scanning the surroundings of this now completely quiet star domain,

"Lintian, have you gathered everything?"

Gu Lin Tian flew over with Gu Zhan and others, each face brimming with uncontainable joy.

"Father, the Law Fragments from the explosions of the two Immortal King avatars have all been collected.

Moreover, the core materials remaining in that shattered immortal domain have been almost completely absorbed by Yuan'er."

Gu Lin Tian pointed at Gu Yuan, his tone tinged with teasing.

Gu Yuan rubbed his nose without blushing or his heart racing.

Indeed, in his dantian world, the land spanning ten thousand li has become solid to the extreme, possessing a tremendous heft.

Moreover, all Dao lineages in this star domain have already submitted.

Gu Lin Tian handed over a thick register,

In total there are 136 sacred sites and imperial courts, and all the divine sources and ancient scripture copies have already been sent beyond the Primeval Forbidden Land.

Gu Cangsheng didn't even glance at the roster, and waved his hand:

"Just handle these as you see fit. Keep a portion here to maintain the star region's operation, and move the rest back to the clan."

"I, Gu Zhan, have finally opened my eyes this time!"

Gu Zhan rubbed his hands at his side, his face flushed with excitement,

"Young Master, you didn't see those holy lords kneeling on the ground to present treasures, trembling with fear. I just coughed casually, and an old man almost shoved his own saintess over here."

Gu Yuan couldn't help but laugh: "Uncle Zhan, did you take them?"

"Am I that kind of person?"

Gu Zhan glared, then chuckled, "I had them leave the saintess there and hand over double the holy medicine. Women never have the scent of holy medicine!"

Everyone burst into raucous laughter, and the previously tense atmosphere completely relaxed.

"Alright, everything that needed to be explained has been explained."

Gu Cangsheng looked at Gu Yuan, "Yuan'er, open the portal. We've been out for so long; those old folks at home must be getting impatient."

Gu Yuan nodded, his divine thought sinking into the system.

"System, activate the return portal, target: Ancient Celestial Realm, Gu Family Forbidden Land."

Buzz—!

A golden light gate, larger and more sacred than the one that descended before, slowly opened in the sky above the Primeval Forbidden Land.

Within the gate emanated an extremely dense, exceedingly familiar incorporeal aura. It was the unique scent of the Ancient Celestial Realm.

Gu Cangsheng stepped in first, his upright silhouette appearing especially towering in the golden light.

"Gu Family descendants, follow the old man… home!"

Gu Lin Tian, Gu Lin Jiang, Gu Zhan and the other Supreme Elders followed closely.

Each of them bore a strong killing aura and a heroic vigor of a triumphant return.

Gu Yuan walked at the rear.

He turned back to glance at this star region, now renamed Gu Tian.

Here, once the Burial Emperor Star, it was the terminus where countless great emperors were interred.

Now, it has become the Gu Family's backyard.

"Next stop, home, Ancient Celestial Realm."

Gu Yuan smiled faintly and stepped into the light gate.

The golden light instantly contracted and then vanished completely into the void.

The once noisy Primeval Forbidden Land returned to silence.

Only the towering statue of Gu Cangsheng, carved by Gu Xuan Ce himself at the edge of the Forbidden Land, still silently guards this land.